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Riff Tone
Style
Taylor Swift
Guitarother2010s+
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely American Standard or similar, session player, not Taylor herself)
AmpAmp model unknown (likely clean amp sim or DI with preamp, possibly Fender-style clean modeling, as per session/producer Dann Huff's typical workflow)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2014 (1989 album). No evidence of live rig or specific amp/pedal models for this part. Session player likely used Strat-style guitar direct or with clean amp sim. Dann Huff is credited as producer and session guitarist on 'Style'.
Tone Character(10)
crisp and glassybright and articulateclean with no breakuptight and percussive attackclear note separationslight ambient reverbmodern pop sheensingle-coil claritystudio-polisheddynamic response to picking
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, syncopated picking and clean muting to maintain clarity, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely American Standard or similar, session player, not Taylor herself)
AmpAmp model unknown (likely clean amp sim or DI with preamp, possibly Fender-style clean modeling, as per session/producer Dann Huff's typical workflow)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2014 (1989 album). No evidence of live rig or specific amp/pedal models for this part. Session player likely used Strat-style guitar direct or with clean amp sim. Dann Huff is credited as producer and session guitarist on 'Style'.
Tone Character(10)
crisp and glassybright and articulateclean with no breakuptight and percussive attackclear note separationslight ambient reverbmodern pop sheensingle-coil claritystudio-polisheddynamic response to picking
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, syncopated picking and clean muting to maintain clarity, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast passages.